Atomic power in space II : a history of space nuclear power and propulsion in the United States. - vii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

"September 2015." "INL/EXT-15-34409." "Prepared by Idaho National Laboratory, Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Space Nuclear Power and Isotope Technologies Division."--Title page verso. Shipping list no.: 2016-0069-P.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index.

1. The Early Years -- 2. Galileo and Ulysses -- 3. Advanced Isotope Power Systems -- 4. Reactors Redux -- 5. The SP-100 Program -- 6. The Multimegawatt Program -- 7. Thermionics Revived -- 8. Nuclear Propulsion -- 9. The Prometheus Project -- 10. Infrastructure Inroads -- 11. Visiting Saturn -- 12. To Pluto and Beyond -- 13. Roving Mars -- 14. Into the Future


Nuclear rockets--History.
Space vehicles--Nuclear power plants--History.
Space vehicles--Isotopic power generators--History.

TL1102.N8 / A855 2015



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E1.2:AT7/2015